Back in 1984, we marvelled at the special effects that brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to the big screen in Terminator as a time travelling cyborg, out to kill Sarah Connor, future mother of the leader of the resistance (John Connor) against the machines in the future, before he could be conceived. (more...)

Heiko Luckhaupt from RS Components looks at the short-, medium- and long-term outlook for data-capable industrial applications and what these new capabilities might deliver in terms of performance gains and transparency
Industry, and indeed the world in general, is in the grip of a data (more...)

The first internet-enabled kettle must have seemed a marvellous thing. From an app on your phone, you could turn on your kettle from any room in the house, and the water would be freshly boiled by the time you reached the kitchen. Switch it on from your car when you were five minutes out, and you (more...)

In my school days, I discovered something of talent for tennis. As a somewhat gawky teenager I didn't have the stature, musculature or grip strength for the powerful, wristy topspin shots that characterise the modern game, but I could hit the ball hard and flat from the right flank, and had a solid (more...)

There's something inherently pleasing about green technology and sustainable manufacturing - a warm and cuddly feeling that comes from knowing that not only are you doing the environmentally responsible thing, but also that you're the best in the world at it. And the stage is set, the politicians (more...)